Howdy Again,
I was doing more maintenance on my little Husky 435. Maybe you can parse what I write here, since I don't know what things are!
Pulling the starter rope turns a plastic piece that has two flat surfaces that contact two metal teeth that transfer the rotation to the engine. When I first got the saw years ago, it was so badly tuned I about beat it and myself to death pulling that rope to start it. The plastic bit finally broke a few weeks ago.
Replacement arrived today. Took off the housing to get to the piece. Lifted up the broken plastic disk with the two flat surfaces and untied the starter string (leaving the pulling handle intact). Threaded the string through the new plastic bit and damn near tied the knot in the same place. I only had 1/4" of string showing where the factory knot was cut flush.
Now the handle has 3.5" of hanging string! I wondered if the metal spring might have moved since it was loose after all these years. I can't believe that less than an inch on one side eliminated an entire wrap of the pulley.
Is the system to _always_ re-tie the handle knot to the right length?
In other words, is a starting rope always "file to fit"? Is what I'm experiencing unusual?
Thanks,
Greg
I was doing more maintenance on my little Husky 435. Maybe you can parse what I write here, since I don't know what things are!
Pulling the starter rope turns a plastic piece that has two flat surfaces that contact two metal teeth that transfer the rotation to the engine. When I first got the saw years ago, it was so badly tuned I about beat it and myself to death pulling that rope to start it. The plastic bit finally broke a few weeks ago.
Replacement arrived today. Took off the housing to get to the piece. Lifted up the broken plastic disk with the two flat surfaces and untied the starter string (leaving the pulling handle intact). Threaded the string through the new plastic bit and damn near tied the knot in the same place. I only had 1/4" of string showing where the factory knot was cut flush.
Now the handle has 3.5" of hanging string! I wondered if the metal spring might have moved since it was loose after all these years. I can't believe that less than an inch on one side eliminated an entire wrap of the pulley.
Is the system to _always_ re-tie the handle knot to the right length?
In other words, is a starting rope always "file to fit"? Is what I'm experiencing unusual?
Thanks,
Greg